Thread: Raw feeding - getting started.

I’ve decided to keep Gember on a raw diet for now at least. She struggled a bit with the separation and so went off her food, did a bit of howling and whining.

Chris suggested forcing the older dog to sleep with her and immediately she changed to a very happy and contented puppy. Howling and whining stopped immediately and none since.



When we collected her a week ago, she was on a tripe/beef mince mix, we added in lamb mince to vary it, but she was off her food. Cut her back to a couple of meals of tripe only, and she got eating again. Grabbed a lamb chop without a bone in and she went crazy with it, so we're back to the three meats but she gets the lamb as a cut now to chew up instead of minced.

I need to do more research on the feed, and get some other options to vary it as well.

Second that. Follow breeder recommendations which will be as above for a puppy mix nibble dry food supplemented with other mixes. Cooked meat, eggs, rice mixes etc.
I think we started our 2 off with something like that. We did not really move to raw food until they would have moved off puppy mix.
Now its 75% raw mix and the rest kibble.
My setter Is a garbage guts and seems to cope with most any thing including fur covered skin. (i try and limit how much skin and fur he eats as i would not want him to get a blockage.)
He gets mostly goat.
My wife's westhighland terrier is sensitive and he mostly gets supper market raw pet food chicken or lamb. I give some goat if it's young.
Old stinky goat give him and my Dads curly coated retrievery the runs.
Zane

Pics of setter please @ZQLewis !